It's advantage Exeter City so far with their 2nd position in the League Two table, welcoming Cambridge United who are placed 13th.
Exeter City and Cambridge United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Exeter City form and stats
25 points is a decent return from 12 League Two games here at St James Park for Exeter City, who have the most clean sheets (7) at home in League Two,. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
Exeter City's last game was hosting Ipswich Town and winning 2-1. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Forest Green Rovers.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Exeter City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
A decent goal production from Exeter City in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. Exeter City are not conceding a lot of goals here at St James Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.
Cambridge United form and stats
Cambridge United have only collected 13 points from their away games in the League Two, after 3-4-6 (13 played). Cambridge United seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for Cambridge United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Macclesfield Town in the League Two. A 2-3 loss hosting Mansfield Town before that.
We have checked recent matches where Cambridge United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W2-D1-L3.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cambridge United as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Cambridge United in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cambridge United - Exeter City 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Exeter City 6 wins, 1 draw and Cambridge United 3 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Bowman 9 goals |   S. Smith 7 goals |  N. Law 6 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Cambridge United missing players
| Exeter City | Cambridge United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 35 | 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 30 |
| 27 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 85% | 85% |
| 60% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 62% | 58% |
| 40% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 38% | 46% |
| 40% | 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 23% | 31% |
| 12% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | 15% |
| 44% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 38% | 42% |
| 48% | 58% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 23% | 31% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 54% | 42% |
| 6.8 | 7.2 | 8.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 327 | 172 | 63 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 136 | 300 |
| 102 | 50 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 38 | 103 |
| 34% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 32% | 29% |
- Exeter City has the most clean sheets (7) at home
- Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Exeter City is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 50 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 47 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 44 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 41 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 41 |
| 7 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 40 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 39 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Walsall | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Salford City | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 31 |
| 15 | Newport County | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 29 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -17 | 25 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 23 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 25 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 18 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -24 | 18 |